The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-07-16
,ROIIIRlTION IN ATLANTA.

k.ol pROIIIRITI0N IN ATLANTA.
se election at which prohibition wa
on trial in this city is entitled to
A., among great events. No election
w heal nature was ever before held il
II N Of sixty thousand people in whicl
~ was involved. The changes pro
ii by it were so radical as TO be al
Revolutionary. Over hundre'
mess houses fwere to be closed
,ay4 five hundred men We're to Lb'
cd to give up'a chosen employment
scity treasury was to be left will
4 thousand dollars less revenue
{ Se amounting annually to million
M Is be turned away from 'fhe city
- ~ large business houses were to fbt
tmrented. OF course, d movement
kDosing measures So radical met Will
~ most spirited and determined oppo
|ou. Many of our best citizens regard
Ii with outspoken disfayor. ~" " ~, =
twas said that prohibition in a city
hrge as this was impracticable, that il
uld not prohibit, that the trade would
n injured, that taxes would be Increased,
4 1.-THE stores in which the liquor busi,
was carried on, would not be rented
other purposes, that the same
n onnt ofswhisky would be drank with
k law as without it, the city would
i n miss the revenue, thatit would be
eath-blow to Atlanta's progress.
Il has now been eighteen months since
election, and twelve months since
law went into effect. We are pre-
led thus from observation to note
sults. qJ a'a2Ht &2s ar5' 'psT4s
Prohibition in this city does prohibit,
be law is observed as we'll as the law
inst carrying concealed weapons,
jmbling, theft and other offences Of
e character. II there had been as
hny people in favor OF carrying con-
q hled weapons, theft, gambling, etc., as
ere were in favor Of the retail Of
dent spirits, twelve months ago, law
Sainst these things would not have been
brried out as well as it was against the
tuor trade. In consideration of the
Hall majority with which prohibition
Is carried, and the large number Of
kople who were opposed to seeing it
|ohibit, the law has been marvelously
III observed. sP gsf ~.
Prohibition has not injured the city
|ancially. According to the assessors
boks property in the city has increased
Ter two millions OF dollars. Taxes have
been increased, Two streets in the
~, Decatur and Peters, were known as
quor streets. 1t was hardly considered
toper, for lady to walk these streets
4ithout an escort. Now they are just
orderly as any in the city. Property
J them has advanced from 10 to 25 per
hut. The loss Of forty thousand dollars
Renue, consequent on closing the sa-
ons, has tended in no degree to,impede
be city's progress in any direction.
arge appropriations have been made to
ewater- works, the public schools, the
)edmont fair and other Improvements.
be business men have raised 100000
build the Atlanta and Hawkinsville
bIroad. The number OF city banks is
bbe increased to five. The coming of
bur new rail sroads has been settled
bring the year. Fifteen new stores
|mtaining house-furnishine goods have,
Men started since prohibition went into
Meet. These are doing well. More
kmiture has been sold to mechanics
Nd laboring men in the last twelve
hpnths than in any twelve months
bring the history of the city, The
kanufacturing establishments Of the
Nv have received new life. A glass
|etory has been built A cotton seed
ilmill is being built worth Sl25,000.
Al Improvement companies with basis
b real estate have seen their stock
lmbled in value since the election on
Inhibition.
Stores in which the liquor trade was
are not vacant, but are now
,Uupied by other lines of trade. Accord
NJ to the real estate men more laborers
nd men of limited means are buying
BIS than ever before. Rents are more
romptly paid than formerly. More
ouses are rented by the same number
liamilies than heretofore. Before pro-
ibition, sometimes as many as three ,
miles would live in one house. The
eads of those families now not spending :
leir money for drink are each able to
mt "a house, thus using three instead OF
ne Working men who formerly spent
great part of their money Tor liquor, II
ow spend it in food and clothes for
ler families. The retail grocery men .
II more goods and collect their bills S
liter than ever before. Thus they are
Ne to settle more promptly with the !
holesale men. 7
A perceptable increase has been
,ticed in the number Of people who 1
le on the street cars. According to
/ coal dealers, MANY people bought !
q and stored it away last winter who i
ID never been known to do 80 before. r
hers who had been accustomed to g
wing two or three tons on time, this h
! winter bought seven or eight and
I'd cash for it. A leading proprietor .
1 millinary store said he had sold y
pre hats and bonnets to laboring men u
their wives and daughters, than be- b
% In the history of his business. Con- Z
lctors say their men do better work, Il
4 on Saturday evenings, when they :,
eive their weeks wages, spend the 4,
be for -four, hams, dry goods or other &
cessary things for their families. Thus u
" are 10 better spirits, have more II
Pc, and are not inclined to strike and SC
''wl about higher wages. "
lltendance upon the public schools :"
! increased. The superintendent Of CT
bic instruction said in his report the IL
!rd Of education made January lst, y
u III
During the past year it has become a sp S
rect Of remark by teachers in the Ii